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Large ants are not easy - the taxonomy of Dinoponera Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)
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Dias, Amanda Martins, Lattke, John Edwin (2021): Large ants are not easy - the taxonomy of Dinoponera Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 784 (1): 1-66, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.784.1603, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.784.1603
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